Wednesday, March 21, 2007

MBA 642 Financial Management: Assignments

For Tuesday, March 27, your assignments are as follows:
1. Chapter 8 Analysis of Financial Statements (Problems 3, 4, and 5)
2. Chapter 10 Determining the Cost of Capital (Problems 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10). In estimating the risk-adjusted rate of return, our authors use the rate on the 10-Year TSY Note as the risk-free rate of return. Why? What is the rationale for using the 90-Day TSY Bill rate as the risk-free rate? What is the appropriate "Market-risk Premium" to use? Explain. Review "Estimating Market Risk Premium" on pages 324-326, especially "Forward-looking Risk Premiums.
3. Market Bounce Data: $SPXA50 (Level 100?), 10-day MA of $CPCE (Range .72 to .75?), and 60-day MA of $CPC (Level of 1.05+)
4. Technical Analysis: Price Set-ups for TLT
5. Beta Analysis: Group Endeavor
6. Million Dollar Challenge Update

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